Echoes of Genius: From the Dawn of Electrical Recording to Hidden Violin Treasures
Rare and revelatory, these archival releases span a century of recording history – from the...
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BEETHOVEN String Quartets Nos 12 - 16
Mahler, Mitropoulos and Bernstein seeded the idea, and now the Norwegian violinist and conductor Terje Tønnesen allows it to blossom...
Reviewed by Philip Clark in issue: 08/2014
BEETHOVEN Symphonies 1 - 4
The Prometheus Overture augurs well, a brightly lit performance, unhurried and nicely shaped with unforced accents. Coriolan on the other...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2014
MOZART Symphony No 29 BEETHOVEN Symphony No 1
The opening chord of Beethoven’s finale is echt Klemperer, weighty, incisive, austere, until, after a spell of mock deliberation, the...
Reviewed by Rob Cowan in issue: 08/2014
JS BACH Concertos for Two Harpsichords
The two-keyboard idiom only occasionally catches our attention but when it does it’s always original and telling, be it Bach,...
Reviewed by Jonathan Freeman-Attwood in issue: 08/2014
Vigilate!
It is rare nowadays for the Monteverdi Choir to venture as early as the English Renaissance; and it is equally...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2014
Inspired by Song
In his last release, ‘The Gentleman’s Flute’ (2/11), Stefan Temmingh focused on the kind of music experienced by the middle-class...
Reviewed by Lindsay Kemp in issue: 08/2014
From Spain to Eternity
Never mind the title: like the Lobo recording from La Grande Chapelle (Lauda, 3/14), this new offering takes its inspiration...
Reviewed by Fabrice Fitch in issue: 08/2014
The Blossoming Vine
The first disc in The Sixteen’s Polish Baroque series explored the mid-17th-century music of Bartłomiej Pękiel (9/13). The second takes...
Reviewed by Alexandra Coghlan in issue: 08/2014
TURINA Canto a Sevilla
Juanjo Mena and the BBC Philharmonic continue their exploration of the Spanish repertoire with this programme pinpointing Turina’s Andalusian roots....
Reviewed by Geoffrey Norris in issue: 08/2014
Hi-Fi, Books, Reissues & Archive Reviews
Myra Hess: a national treasure revisited in Jessica Duchen’s biography
A compelling portrait of the iconic wartime pianist and cultural hero, brought vividly to life in a...
Mahler in miniature: Stephen Downes delivers a witty, wry portrait for the Critical Lives series
Downes blends biography, pop culture, and provocative insight in this punchy Critical Lives entry
Michel Béroff at 75: Erato's monumental box-set celebrates a brilliant and versatile pianist
Jed Distler revisits the Frenchman’s EMI and Erato recordings in a new 42-disc set
Fell Audio debuts with British-made hi-fi duo offering style, substance, and value
A new name on the audio scene, courtesy of a British hi-fi retailer launching a ‘house brand’: and...
New box-sets: Beethoven from Barenboim, Arrau and Klemperer, plus Irmgard Seefried Edition
Rob Cowan on a bumper Beethoven crop and the voice of a seraphic soprano
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